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Al Sharpton is starting off his annual Action Network conference with a panel discussion about politics, asking panelists what’s the most pressing issue in the 2012 presidential campaign.
Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr., said it’s about jo… …

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced that they are planning a protest tomorrow in advance of State Senator Greg Ball’s hearing on ”New York’s Public Protection Ten Years After September 11.”
The hearing has attracted some contr… …

Last Thursday morning, Bernard Kerik’s lawyer, Andrew Schapiro, called Kerik’s wife, Hala, to give her the bad news before it became public. Kerik’s federal appeal of the four-year sentence he was given last February, for tax fraud and lying to the Whi… …

Senator Chuck Schumer appeared on Good Morning America today and tried to lay the blame of a government shutdown directly at the feet of Speaker John Boehner and his Tea Party allies in Congress.
“The Tea Party just continues to pull Speaker … …

2012: Obama’s remarks at National Action Network tonight will be carried live. [NY1]
2012: “[T]he president is sending a signal that the reverend has become a key ally.” [Michael Saul]
2012: “Obama was very wary of the race issue and of being labeled a… …

On a recent Monday evening, Congressman Anthony Weiner strode to the front of a small multipurpose room in the Bronx, where about 75 college Democrats, in baggy jeans and hooded sweatshirts, greeted him with loud applause and a couple of scattered whoo… …

Anthony Weiner ought to consider the fate of a certain former governor of New York. His name is Eliot Spitzer, and he had a pretty high opinion of himself back in the day. He enjoyed issuing moral pronouncements about the behavior, ethics and other hab… …

If they were trapped in an elevator at a governors’ convention, Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie would have lots to discuss. Like how they closed yawning deficits without major tax increases–remarkable achievements. How they stood up to special interes… …

At the Somos el Futuro legislative conference in Albany this weekend, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli could be seen hugging Senator Charles Schumer-not because he was feeling particularly affectionate, but because Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, chairman of… …

Long Island Congressman Peter King heaped high praise on Hudson Valley State Senator Greg Ball’s plan to host a handful of controversial witnesses this week in Manhattan, calling the hearing on terrorism preparedness “absolutely essential.”
“This is a … …